Exhibitions

Bicentennial Bust of George Washington

November 5, 1975 – December 31, 1975

National Portrait Gallery
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC

2nd Floor, Rotunda

See on Map Floor Plan

See a Bicentennial gift to the United States from the world-reknowned English firm of Wedgewood. The bust is made of basalt ware, a fine-textured stoneware colored black, originally developed by the company's founder.